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Author Trivia Game #2


All answers can be found in Author Interviews or Bios on Bookreporter.com, which can be found here.

1. What is the occupation of Gail Anderson-Dargatz's husband?
A) He raises horses.
B) He works in a mill.
C) He raises bees.
D) He works in a mine.

2. What actor would Noreen Ayres cast as her character Ray Vega?
A) Antonio Banderas
B) Andy Garcia
C) Benjamin Bratt
D) Benecio Del Toro

3. Which author does Sarah Backer list as an inspiration?
A) Harper Lee
B) Flannery O'Connor
C) Ernest Hemingway
D) Mark Twain

4. If Maeve Binchy could be any historical figure, who we she choose?
A) Queen Elizabeth I
B) St. Joan of Arc
C) Josephine Bonaparte
D) Mary Shelley

5. Whose advice to aspiring writers is: "Don't do this unless you absolutely have to."?
A) Lawrence Block
B) Neil Gaiman
C) Donald Westlake
D) Tony Hillerman

6. In which magazine was Chris Bohjalian first published?
A) The New Yorker
B) The Atlantic Monthly
C) Cosmopolitan
D) Glamour

7. Who said "None of the people I know are nearly as exciting as the characters I invent."?
A) Jude Deveraux
B) Sandra Brown
C) Jackie Collins
D) Barbara Delinksy

8. Dandelion Crater, on the Moon, was named after a story collection by which author?
A) Arthur C. Clarke
B) Ursula K. LeGuin
C) Ray Bradbury
D) Madeline L'Engle

9. Which author has worked as a firefighter in Mississippi?
A) Willie Morris
B) Madison Smart Bell
C) Larry Brown
D) Barry Hannah

10. Where was T.C. Boyle born?
A) Peekskill, New York
B) Potsdam, New York
C) Poughkepsie, New York
D) Patterson, New York

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